Powerless Red Wings wilt under relentless Hurricanes

Detroit — If Tampa Bay isn’t the best team in the division, Carolina might be.

The Red Wings had a good look at both teams this past week, and Carolina looked awfully good Sunday, defeating the Red Wings 2-1, and moving into the Central Division lead.

Anthony Mantha scored with 9.4 seconds left, his eighth goal, depriving former Plymouth Whalers goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic of the shutout.

But the Hurricanes did a lot of things well, especially shutting down the Wings, who didn't help themselves by simply not shooting the puck on several scoring occasions.

"For the first part of the game we checked pretty well, we didn't give up a whole bunch of chances, our defensive zone coverage was better,"…